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If you recently installed or updated uTorrent on your PC, you may have have picked up an unwanted passenger: a bitcoin miner called Epic Scale. If you don't pay attention, that piece of code can be inadvertently installed with the latest uTorrent build (version 3.4.2). It can then use your computer …

Princess Leia actor describes to Hay festival her reunion with Harrison Ford and others to work on first of new Star Wars films<p>The survivors of the original cast of Star Wars looked "a little melted" when they reassembled this month to begin work on Episode VII, according to the actor Carrie …

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Do you miss the old Facebook? The one without all those profile pic updates and Upworthy headlines?<p>Facebook may be the perfect communication tool, but the News Feed is a distraction machine — it zaps productivity and gives users little more than a lingering fear of missing out (FOMO).<p>If you’ve felt …

It starts out simply. One day, you're scrolling through the Naval Criminal Investigative Service database, identifying a perp's body when an alert flashes red on your monitor. "<i>INTRUSION DETECTED</i>," it screams. You're getting hacked and there's only one solution: Call your bumbling partner over and …

Happiness can be a choice -- especially when you take the right actions.<p>Happiness: Everyone wants it, yet relatively few seem to get enough of it, especially those in their early 40s. (I'm no psychologist, but that's probably about when many of us start thinking, "Wait--is <i>this</i> all there is?")<p>Good …

The Empire Strikes Back may be a bit boring but there’s nothing to stop George Lucas playing with his own personal universe forever<p>It cost $22 million to make The Empire Strikes Back, which is just over 100 percent more than Star Wars. Star Wars grossed $400 million. I wouldn’t be surprised if The …

Shane Caudle is a principal artist at Epic Games, and although he’s worked on just about every title the developer has shipped, he recently decided to turn his attention to designing a <i>Flappy Bird</i> clone called <i>Tappy Chicken</i> to promote the company’s new graphics engine, Unreal Engine 4.<p>Wait, what? …

Minecraft is the golden goose, and it lays its golden eggs on all platforms. So far, it hasn’t hit the next generation of home consoles, however, but that’s set to change in August when it arrives on Xbox One, PS4 and in a new PS3 + Vita edition. Mojang announced the news today on its blog, …

The battle lines are being drawn as the FCC debates its open internet rules<p>Google fired a shot across the bow of big ISPs like Comcast and Verizon yesterday, stating in a blog post from its Fiber division that it would never charge a content company like Netflix fees for a direct interconnection …

The Aero-X hoverbike from Aerofex is slated for a commercial release in 2017 for just $85,000. Chump change, right?<p>Aerofex's hoverbike made a pretty big splash when the Californian company showed off its working prototype all the way back in 2012, but then it went eerily silent. Now, Aerofex has …

Gameboy emulators are pretty common for both desktop and mobile platforms -- but one dev has built one compatible with the Oculus Rift.<p>One of the more interesting aspects of the Oculus Rift is that it allows you to visit a virtual reality, where you can do things that you might do in your …

Bungie's <i>Destiny</i> on PlayStation 4 is now available to pre-order on the PlayStation Store for $59.99 and, according to the PlayStation Knowledge Center, will be the first PS4 title to support pre-loading.<p>PS4's 1.70 update that rolled out in late April introduced the ability to pre-load pre-ordered …

It’s a tale as old as time. You give a stripper your stuff so she’ll be your girlfriend, but then she stops being your girlfriend and won’t give your stuff back. Lindsay Lopez still has my best Pogs so I totally feel this guy’s pain.<p>Robert Wallace, who works as a software developer, told KRIV that …

"Batman vs. Superman" cinematographer Larry Fong set off internet alarm bells recently after he posted a photo of a playing card on the film's set, instantly fueling rumors that the Joker will be making an appearance in the "Man of Steel" sequel.<p>But just how much stock should superhero fans put in …

Believe it or not, there are a few people who think Godzilla is real -- and to our horror/delight, they were willing to talk about it on TV.<p>As part of his ongoing Lie Witness News series, Jimmy Kimmel deployed a street team to ask people a ridiculous question, and this time it centered on the big …